Can a child with congenital hypothyroidism develop normally?

Basically, you found it too late, isn't there a newborn screening?

I won't tell you about the professional knowledge, because the first floor is very good, but because my child is also suffering from the same disease, what I want to tell you is that don't be discouraged, be hopeful, and actively cooperate with **, regular check-ups will improve greatly.

With more care and love in life, careful guidance, and careful education, I think he will get better and better.

No. Hypothyroidism can lead to insufficient secretion of thyroxine, which can lead to cretinism!

Cretinism (daixiaozheng) is also known as "cretinism". It is a metabolic disease in which congenital hypoplasia or hypofunction of the thyroid gland causes developmental disorders in young children. It is mainly characterized by a marked retardation of growth and development, especially in the skeletal and nervous systems.

Such as: (1) short body, long upper body, short lower body, and often accompanied by limb bone deformity. Because thyroid hormone, like growth hormone, is necessary for the growth of long bones and the normal development of bones.

2) Apathy, sluggishness, slowness, mental retardation, and often deafness. This is mainly due to the formation of nerve cell dendrites and axons, the growth of myelin sheath and glial cells, the occurrence and development of nervous system functions, and the blood flow to the brain**, all of which depend on the appropriate amount of thyroid hormones. Thyroid hormone deficiency leads to disorders in this process.

3) It is often accompanied by a series of general symptoms of hypothyroidism, such as low body temperature, sparse hair, and facial edema. Children with cretinism may have no obvious abnormalities in height and weight at birth, and by 3 to 6 months, obvious symptoms will appear. If the diagnosis can be made at about 3 months of age and thyroxine supplementation can be started, the child can develop normally.

Once it is discovered too late and the early opportunity is delayed, it is difficult to take effect.

No. Thyroid hormone is an essential hormone that promotes growth and development and nervous system development, and once children lack it, it will form "cretinism", which is difficult to reverse!

According to statistics, the incidence of congenital hypothyroidism in China is about 1 3000, and there are more female infants than male infants (2:1), most of the children are born with no obvious abnormalities, and a few children can manifest as physiological jaundice prolongation in the neonatal period, constipation, abdominal distention, low crying, and feeding difficulties.

About 70% of children often do not have obvious symptoms until 6 months after birth, such as large head, wide eye distance, broad and flat nose bridge, large and thick tongue (macroglossia) and often sticking out of the mouth, short neck, pale and dry, sparse hair, facial myxedema, quiet and less crying, low crying and hoarseness, abdominal distention, and frequent constipation. Due to poor appetite and less eating, the child lags behind in growth and development, manifesting as short stature, long trunk and short limbs. The diagnosis can be confirmed by abnormalities in a set of three indicators of thyroid function, i.e., a significant increase in serum or thyroid hormone (TSH) and a decrease in free thyroid hormone (T4).

Regardless of the cause of congenital hypothyroidism, thyroxine is required for life** to maintain normal physiological function. If started within 1 to 4 months of life, the prognosis is quite good, with more than 80% of children achieving normal levels of intellectual development, but there may be some slight abnormalities in intelligence and co-ordination activities.

Some children are tested for infantile hypothyroidism, so is infantile hypothyroidism serious?

Infantile hypothyroidism is more severe. If the result of the examination is hypothyroidism, especially congenital hypothyroidism, if it does not lead to cretinism, it is also called cretinism. At this time, it is necessary to actively supplement thyroid hormone to make the child's thyroid function within the normal range, which is conducive to the child's growth and development and avoids the abnormal development of the child's brain.

The prognosis is good in the early stage** of hypothyroidism in children, and irreversible brain damage can occur in the delay**. In children with congenital hypothyroidism (CH), if it begins within 2 weeks of life**, most children will have normal neurological development and intelligence. However, failure to detect and initiate the correct thyroid preparation** in time during the neonatal period can lead to mental retardation in children, which in turn affects the quality of life later in life.

Thyroxine (T4) can be transported from the placenta to the child, and many children with CH are born without clinical manifestations and are easy to be ignored.

Hypothyroidism leads to a deficiency of growth hormone secreted, which can lead to fetal microsis in infantile and abnormal bone development of the body. The best way is to take the rapid growth hormone **, as well as to add some hormone secretion drugs of the thyroid gland, orally.

Pediatric hypothyroidism has no symptoms in the early stage, and it will affect the child's intelligence and height in the later stage. After the diagnosis of hypothyroidism in children, take thyroxine tablets for the first 2 to 3 years of the system, during which you can stop taking the drug for a period of time to see if the function recovers, and then according to the doctor's advice, whether to continue the medication.

There are different types of hypothyroidism in children, and the symptoms are also different, which can be divided into congenital hypothyroidism and acquired hypothyroidism. Congenital hypothyroidism has different symptoms at different ages. The main symptoms of the neonatal period are large fontanelles, short length, constipation, less crying, lethargy, feeding difficulties, and prolonged physiological jaundice.

In early childhood and childhood, the main symptoms are facial edema, low and flat nose bridge, wide eye distance, drooling, growth retardation, sluggish expression, hearing loss, drowsiness and other symptoms. Acquired hypothyroidism is mainly manifested by symptoms such as thyroidal enlargement, mental retardation, memory loss, loss of appetite, and constipation. If this symptom occurs, it is necessary to go to a professional hospital for early diagnosis, early **, and lifelong thyroxine ** under the guidance of a doctor.

Symptoms include constipation, delayed fontanelle, slow growth and development, roughness, and a relatively low nasal bridge. Generally, one of the drugs such as thyroid tablets or left thyroid tablets and eunaila can be taken orally, and the recovery of thyroid function should be monitored regularly.